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1. PERUVIAN CONSTITUTION, STILL MORE OR LESS IN EFFECT,
ENUMERATES 26 SPECIFIC POWERS OF PRESIDENT, INCLUDING MANY
UNIMPORTANT POWERS AND SOME DEALING WITH DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
AMONG IMPORTANT CURRENT POWERS, MOST IMPORTANT ONES NOT GIVEN
MERCADO BY JUNTA ( REFTEL) ARE THOSE CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO
OFFICE. THUS MERCADO NOT EMPOWERED MAKE CHANGES IN VELASCO' S
TEAM. HIS AUTHORITY LIMITED TO ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR DAILY
OPERATION OF GOVT.
2. HOWEVER, SHOULD BE NOTED THAT JUNTA COULD HAVE KEPT
PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO ITSELF AND GOVERNED TEMPORARILY AS
TRIUMVIRATE WHILE RIVALS STRUGGLED FOR SUCCESSION. ( PANAMANIAN
FONMIN DURING VISIT HERE LAST WEEK CALLED ON JUNTA IN LIEU OF
CALLING ON PRESIDENT; NOW MERCADO WILL RECEIVE SUCH VISITS.)
ASSIGNMENT TO MERCADO OF POWERS WHICH JUNTA COULD WITHOUT
UNDUE DIFFICULTY EXERCISE JOINTLY CLEARLY MOVES HIM TO FRONT.
IN FACT, HE HAS MOVED AS FAR TOWARD FULL PRESIDENTIAL POWER AS
ANYONE COULD WHILE PRESIDENT NOT YET DECLARED INCAPABLE OF
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CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 LIMA 01584 122214 Z
CARRYING OUT DUTIES. ALTHOUGH CONCEIVABLE ANOTHER CANDIDATE
COULD JUMP OVER HIM INTO PRESIDENCY ONCE THAT OFFICE VACANT,
SIGNAL OF JUNTA' S FAVOR HAS BEEN GIVEN AND SHOULD DAMPEN
RIVALRY. PRESUMABLY ALSO MERCADO' S COMPETITIVE EDGE IN
PRESTIGE AND INFLUENCE WILL NOW WIDEN.
BELCHER
CONFIDENTIAL
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** CONFIDENTIAL

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TAGS: PGOV, PE
SUBJECT: COMMENTS ON MERCADO' S LIMITED PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
REF: LIMA 1553
1. PERUVIAN CONSTITUTION, STILL MORE OR LESS IN EFFECT,
ENUMERATES 26 SPECIFIC POWERS OF PRESIDENT, INCLUDING MANY
UNIMPORTANT POWERS AND SOME DEALING WITH DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
AMONG IMPORTANT CURRENT POWERS, MOST IMPORTANT ONES NOT GIVEN
MERCADO BY JUNTA ( REFTEL) ARE THOSE CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO
OFFICE. THUS MERCADO NOT EMPOWERED MAKE CHANGES IN VELASCO' S
TEAM. HIS AUTHORITY LIMITED TO ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR DAILY
OPERATION OF GOVT.
2. HOWEVER, SHOULD BE NOTED THAT JUNTA COULD HAVE KEPT
PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO ITSELF AND GOVERNED TEMPORARILY AS
TRIUMVIRATE WHILE RIVALS STRUGGLED FOR SUCCESSION. ( PANAMANIAN
FONMIN DURING VISIT HERE LAST WEEK CALLED ON JUNTA IN LIEU OF
CALLING ON PRESIDENT; NOW MERCADO WILL RECEIVE SUCH VISITS.)
ASSIGNMENT TO MERCADO OF POWERS WHICH JUNTA COULD WITHOUT
UNDUE DIFFICULTY EXERCISE JOINTLY CLEARLY MOVES HIM TO FRONT.
IN FACT, HE HAS MOVED AS FAR TOWARD FULL PRESIDENTIAL POWER AS
ANYONE COULD WHILE PRESIDENT NOT YET DECLARED INCAPABLE OF
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 LIMA 01584 122214 Z
CARRYING OUT DUTIES. ALTHOUGH CONCEIVABLE ANOTHER CANDIDATE
COULD JUMP OVER HIM INTO PRESIDENCY ONCE THAT OFFICE VACANT,
SIGNAL OF JUNTA' S FAVOR HAS BEEN GIVEN AND SHOULD DAMPEN
RIVALRY. PRESUMABLY ALSO MERCADO' S COMPETITIVE EDGE IN
PRESTIGE AND INFLUENCE WILL NOW WIDEN.
BELCHER
CONFIDENTIAL
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** CONFIDENTIAL